PURPLE-COLLARED WOODSTAR Myrtis fanny. This female Purple-collared Woodstar is feeding at a flower of a rather short columnar cactus Opuntia cylindrica in the high altitude dry tropical forest at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem just to the north of Guayllabamba in northern Ecuador at 10:49 AM on November 12, 2018.
The Purple-collared Woodstar is a member of the hummingbird family Trochilidae and occurs in Ecuador and Perú.
Una hembra del colibrí de nombre común Estrellita Collaripúrpura Myrtis fanny está bebiendo néctar de una flor de un cactus columnar Opuntia cylindrica en el bosque seco tropical de altura del Bosque Protector Jerusalem ubicado un poco al norte de Guayllabamba en el norte de Ecuador a las 10 y 49 de la mañana el 12 de noviembe de 2018.
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